Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 I found an abstract of a study that mentions stats on recurrence rates (for differentiated thyca) and on how many patients are successfully treated with just one round of surgery or surgery + RAI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=12542401 & dopt=Abstract Management of papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid cancer: new paradigms using recombinant human thyrotropin. by Mazzaferri EL, Massoll N. in Endocr Relat Cancer 2002 Dec;9(4):227-247 " .....long-term relapse rates remain high, in the order of 20-40%, depending upon the patient's age and tumor stage at the time of initial treatment. " and " ...About 80% of patients appear to be rendered disease-free by initial treatment,.... " Best wishes, --Carmen in nyc 10/00 TT, pap, 1.6cm, 6 lymph nodes 11/00 RAI 100 mCi awaiting 2nd rai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 HELP! I was very interested in this article but could not find it. I went to the web page and searched the best I knew how. (But remember how many times I told you all how computer dumb I am.) Could someone please help me find this item. Thanx ahead of time. Laurel Thyca recurrence rates and RAI repeat rates I found an abstract of a study that mentions stats on recurrence rates (for differentiated thyca) and on how many patients are successfully treated with just one round of surgery or surgery + RAI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=12542401 & dopt=Abstract Management of papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid cancer: new paradigms using recombinant human thyrotropin. by Mazzaferri EL, Massoll N. in Endocr Relat Cancer 2002 Dec;9(4):227-247 " .....long-term relapse rates remain high, in the order of 20-40%, depending upon the patient's age and tumor stage at the time of initial treatment. " and " ...About 80% of patients appear to be rendered disease-free by initial treatment,.... " Best wishes, --Carmen in nyc 10/00 TT, pap, 1.6cm, 6 lymph nodes 11/00 RAI 100 mCi awaiting 2nd rai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 HELP! I was very interested in this article but could not find it. I went to the web page and searched the best I knew how. (But remember how many times I told you all how computer dumb I am.) Could someone please help me find this item. Thanx ahead of time. Laurel Thyca recurrence rates and RAI repeat rates I found an abstract of a study that mentions stats on recurrence rates (for differentiated thyca) and on how many patients are successfully treated with just one round of surgery or surgery + RAI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=12542401 & dopt=Abstract Management of papillary and follicular (differentiated) thyroid cancer: new paradigms using recombinant human thyrotropin. by Mazzaferri EL, Massoll N. in Endocr Relat Cancer 2002 Dec;9(4):227-247 " .....long-term relapse rates remain high, in the order of 20-40%, depending upon the patient's age and tumor stage at the time of initial treatment. " and " ...About 80% of patients appear to be rendered disease-free by initial treatment,.... " Best wishes, --Carmen in nyc 10/00 TT, pap, 1.6cm, 6 lymph nodes 11/00 RAI 100 mCi awaiting 2nd rai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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